Eritrean Diocese of

Barentu

Eritrea Eritrea

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Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Eritrean (Alexandrian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Barentu / Barentuan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Asmara

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2001.10.04 – ...):Bishop Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap. (74)Bishop Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap. (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Barentu (Eritrean Rite)

Bishop Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap. (74)Bishop Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap. (74)
(2001.10.04 – ...)

Bishop of Barentu of the Eritreans (Eritrea)

Born:1950.05.25 (Lemuna, Eritrea)
Ordained Priest:1977.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:2002.01.13

Bishop of Barentu of the Eritreans (Eritrea) (2001.10.04 – ...)

Bishop Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap.
(1995.12.21 – 2001.10.04)

Born:1924.04.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1950.03.04
Consecrated Bishop:1996.02.04
Died:2008.05.22 († 84)

Apostolic Administrator of Asmara (Eritrea) (1971 – 1995.12.21)

Bishop of Barentu of the Eritreans (Eritrea) (1995.12.21 – 2001.10.04)

Special Churches

Khartoum (←), Keren (↗), Asmara (→), Adigrat (↓)

Statistics (2019.12.31)

Area: 37,000 km²

Population: 56,000 Catholics (5.2% of 1,068,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes, 14 missions

Personnel: 29 priests (8 diocesan, 21 religious), 58 religious (22 brothers, 36 sisters), 8 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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